August is slow

Although I’ve been walking every day (apart from a three-day trip to the beach), I just haven’t been seeing much to photograph. I’ve written before about how August to early September is a slow time for birds.

Nevertheless, I have seen a few birds worth showing here.

As predicted, the Green Herons have left for the year. Here’s a look back to July when a young one was sunning itself on the pier.

Shortly after I got my new lens, I spied a young Eastern Bluebird on an oak-leaf hydrangea.

One of the distinctive features of the Eastern Kingbird is the white bar across its tail. Unfortunately this one would not cooperate, it just wanted to show its front (and a pretty one, at that).

Another look back to the Green Herons. This one is also a juvenile, although somewhat older.

Woodpeckers don’t always walk up trees. Sometimes the walk across branches. But if you rotated this image, it would certainly look like this Downy Woodpecker was walking up the branch.

And last, here’s a Red-tailed Hawk. I’ve remarked earlier, they don’t often venture past the west side of the pond. This one is following the unwritten rule: it’s just outside Seagroves Park, to the west.

Not showing a lot of red tail, but it does have it nicely folded, like a Japanese fan.

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